Improvement in adjustable window-reflectors



NITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo CHARLES CHRISTENSEN AND CHARLES CLSEN, OENEWv YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-REFLECTORS.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,334, dated June Q3,1874; application filed February 2S, 1874.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES Cnnis'rEN- sEN and CHARLES OLsEN, ot' NewYork city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Adjustable Tindow-letlector, ot' which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure l is a side view of our improved window-retleetor, the reiiectorsbeing extended at right angles with the window, and partly in sectionthrough the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a det-ail section of the saine,taken through the line x m, Fig. 1, the reiiectors being extendedparallel with the window. Fig. 3 is a top View ot' the same, thereiiectors being extended at an obtuse angle with the window.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate correspondin g parts.

Our invention has for its object to furnish reflectors for windows,which shall be so constructed that they can be readily adjusted to givean inmate of the room a View ot' the street in both directions withoutbeing seen, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient inuse. The invention consists in the combination of the rod and itscatch-knob and spring, the gear-wheels, the vertical rods, and thereectors with the tubes, chamber, and guard-plate by which they areconnected and supported, as hereinafter fully described.

A is a tubular case, which passes out through and is secured to thewindow-casing, and upon the outer end ot' which is formed an enlargementor chamber, B. To the upper side of the chamber B are attached twovertical parallel tubes, C. D is a rod, which liasses through the tubeA, and has a knob, E, attached to its inner end. Upon the knob E isformed a projection, c, which enters one or the other of the notches aformed in the end of the tube A, to hold the rod D securely in anyposition into which it may be turned.

The rod D is held out by a coiled spring, F, placed upon its outer part,the inner end of which rests against the outer end of the tube A, andits outer end rests against the inner end ot1 a long pinion-wheel, G,attached to the outer end ot' the rod D. Into the teeth of the pinion Gmesh the teeth of the crown-wheel H, attached to the lower end of therod 1, which passes up through one ot' the tubes C. lith the wheel H androd I is rigidly connected a gear-wheel, J, the teeth of which mesh intothe teeth of the gear-wheel K, attached to the lower end ot' the rod L,that passes up through the other tube C. To the upper ends ot' the rodsI L are attached the end edges of the two reectors M N which may beInade of oval form, or of other desired form. O is a narrow plate, oneend ot' which is attached to the tubes C. The plate O is made ot' such aform as to tit upon and cover the upper edges of the two reiectors M Nwhen they are turned face to face.

By this construction, by turning the knob E, the relieetors may beextended at any desired angle, as the observer may desire. The tube Ashould be made ot such a length that the reectors will not interferewith the operation of the window-blinds.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 'The combination ot' the knob E c', tube A,having notches a', the spring F, rod D, gears G Il and K J, rods L,tubes C, and reflectors M N, arranged substantially as shown .anddescribed.

ClIAltLES CHRISTENSEN. CHARLES OLSEN.

Elitnesses: g

JAMEs T. GRAHAM, T. B. MosnEn.

